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Durnan believes things are coming together nicely.
“We’ve not had a lot of time to gel and the pre-season games came very quickly, plus you don’t get that many of them because of the Betfred Cup.
“Injuries have also hampered a few of the boys but we are certainly getting there in terms of fitness and gelling. We are only going to get better.”
When he looks at the squad, he believes that was always going to be the case. In terms of quality he likes what he sees in the dressing-room and knows that means every player will have to be right at it if they’re going to get the starting place they’re all after.
“You just look at our bench and you see the quality of players that’s there and, in the derby on Wednesday, we even had Scott Allardice, who played well up at Inverness last week, sitting in the stand.
“That quality gives you confidence and you also know you have to do well.
“If you have a bad game, you know there’s someone else there who can come in.”
For him, that knowledge made having to sit out the opening-day win at Inverness because of suspension a nervy 90 minutes. He’s also of the opinion that these “carry-over” bans from previous seasons should be scrapped.
“You want to play every match, so it was difficult sitting out at Inverness. I do feel they should change it, it’s a poor punishment.
“Scott McDonald was in the same situation as me but the boys got a good result and that’s the main thing. It was really important to start well.”